“I have every reason to believe that the University of Minnesota will work with me to understand where that ‘right line’ is.”

Former University of Minnesota star heart researcher Doris Taylor, on whether the U, which owns the recellularization techniques she invented there, will cooperate with her on building on them now that she’s at the Texas Heart Institute.

The U helped oust Taylor from Miromatrix, the company they formed to capitalize on the research.

About the blogger

Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.